After hanging out casually and moving towards something more serious, Alex told me he wanted to take me on a date. Of course, I wanted to go on a date with him so I said yes, but I told him that it had to be a cool story so when we get married and have kids and they ask about our first date they’ll be impressed. So, no pressure.

Alex picked me up and took me to the Guest Room, a speakeasy in Starkville. I was so excited because neither of us had ever been to the Guest Room, so it was fun getting to experience it with him for the first time. After dinner, Alex told me he had a surprise for me. He started driving to campus and I started to get an inkling of what we were about to do.

Alex worked for the Athletic Department at MSU at the time and he had access to all of the athletic fields, so as we were pulling up to Davis Wade Stadium, I had a feeling he was about to take me on the field at night, something I thought would be SO cool to do. He pulled into the parking lot underneath the football field and sure enough, he grabbed some blankets out of his trunk and walked me out to the 50-yard-line of the football field where we sat and talked for a while.

MSU is so special to us because it’s where we grew into who God called us to be and re-begun our relationship. It was only fitting that we would have our first date on the 50-yard-line! To top it off, Alex was able to get us into the stadium for our senior pictures, so we were able to end our time at MSU in the same place that it started. It's safe to say that our kids will definitely be impressed when they hear about our first date!

Alex is intentional in serving me and serving the Lord, and he shows me what it looks like to truly follow the Lord with your whole heart every day. I love who he is and I can’t wait to marry him!